(JEWISH GROUP) Jews and Israelis may face hiring discrimination in the U.S., study finds [View all]

[Behind the Aegis]

A job applicant named “Rebecca Cohen” is slightly less likely than one named “Kriste Miller” to receive a positive response when applying for administrative roles, according to a study released Wednesday that found evidence of hiring discrimination against Jews in the United States. Both did better than “Lia Avraham.”

The study sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League sent 3,000 email inquiries regarding open positions using the three names and paired them with resumes that were parallel in terms of education and relevant experience. Miller, who had worked at an Italian restaurant and volunteered with an Irish American sports association, received a positive response to 17.4% of her applications compared to 14% for Cohen, whose resume listed work at a Jewish deli and for a Jewish sports group.

Avraham, an alias meant to represent an Israeli applicant and whose resume said she spoke Hebrew, got a 12.5% positive response rate

“It was a surprising and upsetting result,” said Bryan Tomlin, an economics professor at California State University Channel Islands, who conducted the research.

Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL’s chief executive, called it “groundbreaking evidence of serious antisemitic discrimination in the labor market.”

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